The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1887-03-20

Governor Ronsonc's marc by i,ci Dick, dam
Mnry Long. has arrived. She Isl rather good
looking marc, but very poor.
Under tho beading of "fes,cst Time on nee.
ord" in "Goodwin's Turf Guide" we flnd: "Telic
Doc. T. lO5i pounds, Baltimore, November ., 1888,
l;s,. Instead of Baltimore It should be- Wash
and when n horse runs to the record on It II is
m unusually good performance. And ns this is
way. approached we would like TO have the
credit
Nh c; l.. Cooper Of ,culpeper Va, has sent to
w. I. Birch one of the sIandcst-o9kinu two
ycnr-old colts ever seen. He Is by Eolus. and.
If looks don't lie. will surely race
Mai. Barry has that good-lookinu mare Lady
Dean IN training this season, and " she stands
will he hard to beat.
Joe Mcmahon has named II two enr- old brother
Of Frank Wards Larry Farrell; the four.year-od
marc by Voltigucr, dam Kate Condell. Is called
Meadow Queen, and Il two-ycnr-old by NoltiIuer,
dam Bonhcur. has been named Joe Lee.
Davis aud Halls marc l'css has been very sick,
butt coming round nicely now.
Mr.. Frank u. Harper, of Kentucky. says he has
three colts that will bent Jim Gore FOR the Derby
MIR. sauderson contempt extensive improve.
mcnts to the clubhouse.
William iiiggs arrived ut Ivy City. with hi. stn-
good-lookng two-ycar-olds.
Good.byc to whatever chance Pueha ever Ind
for the suburban. lie bursted his foot again
Friday in his work
The local bookinnkcrs have nearly all taken all
they want about The Bard for tho Suburban.
Mr.. DAVIS. oI tho racing firm of Davis & Hall.
has purchased the stallion Gnberlcnzic. nnd will
send him to Col. Halls ulacc IN Maryland.
II Is believed that tho Dwyer l,rothcrs will start
Trenton in the Withcrs.
Alcnlde, one of the Kentucky Derby fuvorites,
Is at Monmouth Park. Mr. Haggin has not told
his friends whether h" will send the colt to
Churchill Downs
;ri,,
this year. Leo expects to bring him into good
racing form early In the season. Hcmay start IN
the suburban.
Ben Ali Is now third choice In the books for the
starter in the great race, and will be ridden by
TINT Napoleon of Jockeys, the dusky Hamilton.
Ed. Corrigan will race several two-year- olds in
April.
Some of the best Western horses will attend the
Memphis meeting.
next winter. The Dwyer Bros. will own one of
them. Mt least. It is very probable.
Mr.. Higgins colt silver Bow isstill backed for
the Derby. The colt has never nccomp lshcd any.
thing except in private.
fremont rules as prime favorite for the With
cls. The odds are to against him From 10 to
lnto can be had against the Others.
Mr.. A. j. Cassatt's colt, The Bard. is developing
into St; strong fsvor . for the suburban. He
deed great colt IL he wins.
Darnum and Exile are in All advanced state.
considering the bad weather of the past six
months. II is likely that both will be ready for
the Brooklyn Jockey Club Handicap.
Mspcrt l. getting along we'll and ID, probable
the distance and weights. but he has lots OF
friends who have placed their money on him ut
% and 40
statement TINT his marc Modcsty is a wreck of
her former self. He suys she Inns Improved worry
much of late and he expects to start her in the
suburban.
start Hob Fisher in the Brooklyn Jockey Club
Handicap. Bob Fisher has much tho best of the
e wsSs IN the fb. hss1 r.
Montana Regent is now in training and is per.
year. A match between him and The Bard is
not at all unlikely during the summer.
Jockey Garrison will ride Capt Browne
horses at Gfavesend.
BASE BALL.
from It. Louis says; AT the meeting Of the
Lcavenworth KIM. Monday, William stroln.
berg, cx-owncr. president. and manager of the st
secm" Sr p M f. ns Cub hs s Ss
| Western League. A move will be made to in.
crease the number Of clubs in the League to ten
chain of cities including st, Louis, Kansas City
| Pueblo, and Denver. II is thought Won der Ale
OF Enona
overcome. The prospects are that st. Louis will
have a club in the Western League.
| The baltimore team for the coming season is II
they ought to be we'll up pRs a SON Manasel
narnic lust week snid the fmllst of players con
sisted Of ,r Kilroy Smith, knonil, md Shreyes'
catchcrs; Tucker. Greenwood, and Davis on the
bases burns sliort-stoW s"'nmcrs. Griffin, and
| Purcell In the outflclh.
Sutton OF the l,ostons. suys he will plny with
the lIostUns. or the club of his own choice. II,
will not allow the Bostons to sell him where they
please, he says, for"i can get along without base
in il ali the time" sutton ownsa very iinc fnrl,
with anil attached. in Palmyra, N. Y.
Many friends Of the Washington Club argue
that would be wise for the club to sell Hines t.
the I}ostons or New fOrks, who are cager to ~.
cure him. The officers of the club, however
think otherwisr. and say TINT If they did sell hin
hue and cry that the club did not want to i'm
prove its standing. and II strong feeling wOlilt
be raised against them in the League nssoeia
ton. which ut this time would be inOpport,nc
So Hines remains hero ANA no money can hi,
him.
IN the batting record published last sunday
| where II makes Hines read ..A, II should hav,
been .3G, This is published In order to do ius
| tice to the big ccntrc-iiclder's ability.
Gilmore AMI Mack are daily practicing at Capt.
to, Park. They, are runnn! on the new cindc
As general thing professional bnl.plnyersa ar
very ,ingratcful, but the kid" wcdmnn. of tn
late Kansas city, takes n big chunk out of tn,
cake. Ina recent interview over the deal an'
s aSsn to washnso yen%
ago Michnsl scanlon found nm obscure pitcher IL
existing Nationals. ana kept him here for tw'
seasons and finally persuaded the Detroits to on
gage him. Does Wei,lninn forget this and tn
treatment he got whlchcrcY
4,
made II proposition to the New Yorks lOokini
toward the trading Of Shaw and Gilligan for tw
Of their rood mcnriernan nn1 some one of thci
battery IN every respect. II would certainly b,
beneficial to the home management II they cou
effect n trade OF this sort, ms they never caro-,
much for Washington rs II playing centre.
the deal is true. MS is reported, the Washington
viii not lose by II.
Secretary Walter Hewitt says that in selecting
the requisite number of men for the Washing
ton team for this season out Of tho twcnty-on
under assignment to them no partiality viii b
have to submit their playing abilities To III
manager ind directors during the April contests
manager or director who endeavOrs TO run
team through fnyoritism will be sgamped ere tn
season II half over, and Manager Gaffney has OK
plicit orders TO go ahead and use his pruning
knife solely for the better advancement of III
team, aud not because he has personal rcgar
be- retained" said Secretary Hewitt, "and the
must prove their superiority by good playing"
Amherst College will pny tho opening gam
here this season on March ~.
The directors OF the Washington tub had
very important meeting Tuesday evening. TIL,
action OF President Hewitt mt the recent neetin
WAS heartily approved by the rest of the clul
The policy of the year was discussed, Hnd II wa
agreed Ia have Manager Gaffney exercise III
strict.ei kind Of discipline among the player
, | Reports received from most Of the players wer
10 the effect that the greater portion of theI
would bc her" by the middle of tho present weel
Tho uniforms of the washingtons will bc III
same n last scHson.
ROWING.
The only drawback To lust seasons regatta wa
the nOn-cntry of Junior crows from the Analos
tnns and Columbus, and 1t was only by the ar
ppnrancc hero OF an outside crew that the ella.
Billed. Now, this season 1t will BIZ the work Z
the captains OF the two clubs (Messrs. Dent ant
, Rudy To procure suitable men for the boats
Both clubs abound with juniors and there II n
real excuse why two very acceptable crew
should not be forthcoming. The potomacs hay
II good field to pick from, while the new clut
the Printers, have already selected four, froI
whom they expect much. The development Z
juniors should DE the chief aim Of nll clubs, Ia
by hcrndyanccmcnt are the senior ranks re
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